Because the logic of Capital accumulation empowers the current rulers of the world, while the destructive reality of its consequences does not. This, however,

Because the logic of Capital accumulation empowers the current rulers of the world, while the destructive reality of its consequences does not. This, however, cannot be plainly acknowledged because it would incite people to revolt against those who impose this logic on everyone else. So, the only alternatives are to lie, dissemble, compartmentalize etc. It’s a bit like asking why did they invent all those fairy tales about the divine right of kings and why did people ever believe them? The answer is because there was no other alternative on offer until the whole order became so violently unstable as to be usurped. Most people are not anything resembling brave until their baseline survival is on the line, and the the first world is ordered in such a way to foist the worst of its consequences onto the global south.